The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports lower concentrations of red tide have been reported in Bay, Walton and Gulf Counties since the last report on September 21st. Red tide has ended the scallop season in Gulf County and the St. Joseph Bay earlier than scheduled, with the season originally scheduled to run through…… MORE
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WHITING FIELD SECURITY THREAT
NAS Whiting Field in Milton temporarily closed their west entry gate after a driver made a comment to NAS personnel that prompted security concerns. Around 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday the individual – who was in a commercial vehicle – approached the west gate entrance to Whiting Field in Milton where he made the comment to…… MORE
WALTON COUNTY COUNTERFEITER ARRESTED
Defuniak Springs Police say counterfeit bills passed in the Walton County have led to the arrest of a 47-year-old Alabama man. After receiving a report of the bills being passed police found Raymond Nobles, of Harvest, Alabama, at Lake Stanley Park. Multiple counterfeit bills and a printer were found in his vehicle. Nobles was arrested…… MORE
PENSACOLA TRAFFIC FATALITY
The Florida Highway Patrol said a Pensacola man died in a traffic crash while attempting to flee from an Escambia County Sheriff’s deputy. Troopers said just after midnight, the deputy was attempting to make a traffic stop on a car driven by 20-year-old Micheal Crumpton, who refused to stop and fled south on Palafox Street,…… MORE
PHARMACY BILL
A bill backed by President Trump that will allow pharmacists to tell patients about the cheapest way to pay for prescription drugs at the counter won approval in the House of Representatives Tuesday and has already been passed by the Senate. It prevents insurers and pharmacy-benefit managers, from prohibiting pharmacists from telling patients they could…… MORE
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT REJECTED
A federal appeals court has rejected class-action lawsuits filed by Florida homeowners who said they were charged too much for property insurance after leaving it to mortgage companies to buy coverage. Four Florida residents and a Pennsylvania resident filed class-action lawsuits in 2015 against two mortgage-servicing companies and an insurance company alleging a scheme that…… MORE
CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL THREAT
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a 15-year old Crestview High School student has been arrested for writing or sending a threat to kill or injure, after a school resource officer was notified a girl had received threatening text messages from a freshman boy at the school threatening to shoot up the school. The student…… MORE
DUI DRIVER SENTENCED
A pace man who killed two young girls while fleeing from a Santa Rosa deputy last May, was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. 35-year-old Kailen Kelly, was charged with two counts of DUI manslaughter for the head-on crash on May 6th on Woodbine Road that took the lives of 7-year-old Stormie Harrell, and 17-year-old…… MORE
INMATE DEATH
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating an inmate death at Blackwater River Correctional Institution. Officials say 33-year-old Kenneth Davis died at the private prison on Saturday. FDLE spokesman Jeremy Burns confirmed the agency is involved in the investigation but could not comment further. Florida Department of Corrections records show Davis, was serving 25…… MORE
9 MILE ROAD MOTORCYCLE CRASH
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 54-year-old Pensacola man was critically injured when his motorcycle was struck by a car early yesterday morning on Nine Mile Road. Troopers say Kenneth Pike collided with a car driven by 55-year-old Edward Cochran at the intersection with Bowman Avenue, around 5a.m. Pike was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital…… MORE
